This is Steve. 
He is married to our younger daughter Lauren. Steve grew up in a faraway land called Georgia. They do not have snow in Georgia. Steve had never in all of his life been able to build a snowman.
Isn’t that sad?
Well, a few years ago, Lauren and Steve got to come to NY for Christmas. They were planning to be here for nearly an entire month. We’re in the part of NY where seeing snow in December is not usually a problem. Around here, we are generally up to our butts in snow from just after Thanksgiving until sometime around Easter. Or Mother’s Day. It just depends on the year. We felt pretty confident in promising Steve that he would see snow. That he too, could be up to his butt in snow if that is the kind of holiday experience he was looking for.
The day they flew in it was raining. It rained for quite a few days. It did not snow. It did not snow the next day. Not the day after that, or the day after that either. It did not snow for Christmas Day. We did not have snow up to our butts. We did not even have snow up to our little baby toes. Finally, a couple days before they had to leave, the forecast said we would get some snow! Yay! In the morning when we got up, it was snowing lightly. It did finally accumulate about 4 inches or so. Steve was not discouraged. He scraped up snow from about a half an acre of our yard and he built a snowman.
It cannot be denied that Steve’s snowman bears a eerie resemblance to Steve himself. He has a way of doing this. I stole this from his Myspace page:
See? That looks a lot like him doesn’t it? How many people can use “MS Paint” and make a credible likeness of themselves? My future grandchildren will be geniuses. With red hair. What more can you ask for? Anyway, after the snowman was built, there was great rejoicing throughout the land.
This is Lauren and Steve, rejoicing after the snowman was all built. Aren’t they cute?
Lauren and Steve are coming to NY one week from today. I do not believe that Steve will have to scrape up snow from a half acre this year. Not unless he plans to build a Godzilla sized snowman.
Here you go Steve – it is waiting for you:
Better make sure you bring your boots.
This message is for Steve …..
Good luck, Steve on the snowman!
I haven’t met you yet but I know you’re a man of great character and fortitude because you dared to marry into the K/S clan! ….. Actually, I’ve wished I could be a part of those upsate New York family gatherings many times. I love the area, and I love all the fun and laughter (albeit very loud) the K/S families has when they are together.
Ya did good …. I’m proud of my second cousins and the parents that raised them. I’ve often been proud and thankful for Ellyn and Jason and Lauren and yourself for serving us by serving your country! You all are good kids! …… (calling young people 20 years younger than me “kids” makes me feel kinda old.)
Enjoy your time in NY! We expect to see pictures of the next snowman creation.
-Cousin Mark
Oddly enough, I read this blog before I left, and did indeed forget my boots. I just got around to looking at this again (redirected from Lauren’s blog) and thought I’d drop that little nugget of information, a bit funny you know.